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Rumour: Justice League will feature a member of the Green Lantern Corps

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When Zack Snyder assembles the Justice League next year, he’ll do so without one of the superhero team’s most integral members, with Green Lantern absent from the line-up for the DC ensemble.Well, if a new rumour from El Mayimbe at The Wrap is to be believed, that may not be the case after all, as […]

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Season 2 Episode 6 Review – ‘Outlaw Country’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the sixth episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow… Completely suitable substitute if you don’t have tobacco: Tootsie Roll….. I think they are running out of places to go….which is funny since they have all of time at their fingertips. When they visited the Wild West in season one, it actually gave Ray […]

Willem Dafoe to reprise Justice League role in Aquaman

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It shouldn’t come as any surprise, but it has now been confirmed that Willem Dafoe will reprise his role as Nuidis Vulko in James Wan’s Aquaman. Dafoe will make his introduction as Aquaman’s royal science advisor next year in Zack Snyder’s Justice League.The news was confirmed by Dafoe himself in an interview with The Guardian. Speaking about […]

Michael Green to serve as showrunner on Y: The Last Man TV series

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Back in October of last year it was announced that FX is teaming up with writer Brian K. Vaughan for a TV adaptation of his Vertigo comic book series Y: The Last Man, and now THR is reporting that Michael Green (American Gods) has signed on to the project as showrunner. The critically acclaimed comic […]

Morena Baccarin set for new legal drama at NBC, will continue on Gotham

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Deadline is reporting that Gotham star Morena Baccarin is set for an as-yet-untitled legal drama on NBC, which has been written by Ken Sanzel (Numbers) and is described as “The Good Wife meets The Wire.” The pilot “tells the story of Morena (Baccarin), a former police officer-turned-high-powered attorney who navigates the ever-changing landscape of New […]

Big Trouble in Little China/Escape from New York and Champions top bestselling comic books and graphic novels of October 2016

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Diamond Comic Distributors has released details of the bestselling comic books and graphic novels of October 2016. While the Marvel NOW! relaunch helped propel Marvel ahead of DC following three months of Rebirth leading the way, it was Boom! Studios’ Big Trouble in Little China/Escape from New York #1 which came out on top in terms […]

The Year in Disappointment: 2016

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Anghus Houvouras on the biggest disappointments of 2016…By all accounts, 2016 was a pretty disappointing year. It will go down in history as one of the most despised spans of time in human history. There was so much negativity. So much raw hatred and ignorance. Feuding sides that seemed to revel in the other’s misery. […]

Arrow Season 5 Episode 6 Review – ‘So It Begins’

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Jessie Robertson reviews the sixth episode of Arrow season 5… Apparently, douche is a universal word in all languages…. Arrow straightens on it’s path to re-branding itself this season and it looks like the projectile is going to hit the mark. Season 4 began so promising, the rise of a new super-villain, a true, powerful […]

Blu-ray Review – Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (2016)

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Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders, 2016.Directed by Rick Morales. Featuring the voice talents of Adam West, Burt Ward, Julie Newmar, Jeff Bergman, William Salyers, Wally Wingert, Jim Ward, Steven Weber, Thomas Lennon and Lynne Marie Stewart.SYNOPSIS:It’s back to the 1960s as Batman and Robin spring into action when Gotham City is threatened by a […]